3 killed as bus ferrying Congress supporters crashes in Moga

Faridkot, July 23

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At least three persons were killed and 37 others injured when a private mini bus hired by Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira collided head-on with a Punjab Roadways bus near Lohara village in Moga district around 8.30 am today. The victims were on their way to attend the installation ceremony of Navjot Singh Sidhu as PCC president in Chandigarh. Most of the victims were from the Zira area of Ferozepur. The Roadways bus was on its way from Moga to Amritsar.

PCC chief visits injured in Ludhiana

Ludhiana: PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday visited DMC Hospital here to enquire about the health of Congress worker Rashpal Singh, one of those injured in the accident. He was accompanied by Cabinet ministers Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria. TNS

The driver of the mini bus was among those killed. Nine of the seriously injured, most of them Congress workers, were shifted to the DMC, Ludhiana, and Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot. The police reached the spot and began investigations into the incident. Preliminary investigations suggested the mini bus driver tried to overtake some vehicles ferrying Congress workers at a high speed and crashed it into the oncoming bus, the police officials said.

The deceased have been identified as Virsa Singh and Vicky of Malsia village in Zira and Gurdev Singh, the driver.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh later directed the Moga administration to provide an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the seriously injured persons. The administration has been asked to ensure free treatment of all injured. — TNS